Under Act 44 of 2009, which was referenced in yesterday’s blog as the major thrust of reform for local government pensions, local communities had their
Following the determination of the PA Public Employee Retirement Commission (PERC) that its New Years’ Eve plan of diverting anticipated tax revenues for the next
Distress, and receivership, and bankruptcy, oh my! The continuing effect of Harrisburg’s Resource Recovery Facility-the incinerator-turning the capital city’s finances to smolders continues on as
In the historical record, the month of June has not been a kind one to the City of Duquesne. In June of 1991, on the
Legislation has passed both houses of the General Assembly that would put in place financial recovery and receivership provisions for the state’s 500 school districts,
As City officials prepare to make their case to the state that they have progressed to the point where they can shed Act 47 distressed
Act 44 of 2009 addressed public sector pensions at the local level in Pennsylvania and came up with a typology of distress based on the
A handful of years since the voluntary merger of two Beaver County school districts lowered Pennsylvania’s school district count from 501 to 500, the state
A recent news article focused on the Wilkinsburg School District in the eastern part of Allegheny County and its confluence of problems over the past
